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The best baking classes in NYC

Pies and cupcakes and bread, oh my! Practice making all kinds of doughy treats in the best baking classes in NYC.

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Learn to turn sugar, spice and everything nice into exquisite desserts in the best baking classes in NYC. Talented instructors will teach you how to replicate some of the best cookies and pies in NYC in your own kitchen, as well as make French classics from scratch. Pair your newfound pastry skills with the technique you'll pick up in the best cooking classes in NYC and you've got all the makings of a gourmet meal.

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Best baking classes in NYC

The Bake the Book series at Momofuku Milk Bar

Restaurants
Bakeries
Williamsburg

Try your hand at making some of chef Christina Tosi's cult favorite confections in a baking class at Milk Bar's Williamsburg kitchen. With the guidance of an expert baker, you'll learn to whip up a confetti cake worthy of the most over-the-top birthday party, the bakery's oh-so-buttery crack pie or a chocolate cake amped up with charred marshmallows and malted milk powder. Best of all, you get to take your sugary creations home.

Bread Baking Basics at Le Pain Quotidien

Le Pain Quotidien's love for bread is right there in its name. Find out how to make the cafe's signature French bread in this three-hour workshop that covers the ten steps of breadmaking. You'll learn how to select quality ingredients, knead the dough, shape various loaves and bake them all to crispy perfection.

The Science of Pie: The Perfect Pie Crust at the National Gourmet Institute

Just because the National Gourmet Institute emphasizes health and nutrition in its culinary classes doesn't mean that dessert is off the menu. This baking lesson hones in on the most crucial component of any pie: the crust. Learn the tips and tricks to help you achieve tender, flaky pastry every time. Of course, you'll get to take your practice pie home.

Cupcakes 101 at Butter Lane

Restaurants
Bakeries
East Village

The dense crumb and smooth frosting on Butter Lane's cupcakes have kept customers coming back to the East Village storefront for years. Fans will want to sign up for a two-hour group class in the bakery's industrial kitchen to learn to make three cakes and icings for themselves. You'll take home a half-dozen moist, buttery cupcakes, plus Butter Lane's signature recipe so you can recreate them whenever a craving strikes.

Hands-On French Macarons at Mille-Feuille Bakery

Restaurants
Bakeries
Greenwich Village

Though these dainty French treats look simple enough, they can be devilishly tricky to get right. A slip of the hand while piping and the cookie shells will turn out uneven. Too long in the oven and they'll crack. Learn how to master this tricky batter at one of Mille-Feuille Bakery's classes. If you pay close attention, you'll wind up with a batch of 25 perfectly round macarons to take home.

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Five-Week Program: Intro to Baking and Cake Decorating at Sugar Room

If rainbow sprinkles on top of storebought frosting is about as advanced as your cake decor skills get, you need to sign up for one of the classes at this Queens bakeware store and studio specializing in elaborate cake design. The five-week introductory course covers it all: making flawless buttercream, piping techniques, writing with icing, using fondant and more.

French Croissant at French'Encas

You don't need to book a flight to Paris to taste golden, buttery, flaky croissants: Just sign up for one of the culinary classes taught by an expert pastry chef at French'Encas. Your instructor will teach you everything you need to know about making a laminated dough, rolling it out into the proper shape and baking it to perfection. Prepare to be amazed by your pastry prowess.

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Great Holiday Cookies at the Institute of Culinary Education

Things to do
Schools and universities
Battery Park City

It's impossible to make a list of the city's best baking classes without including some holiday-themed courses. After all, what would Christmas be without a plate of cookies for Santa Claus? Spice up this year's celebration with the recipes you'll test in this class taught by one of the Institute of Culinary Education's master bakers. The menu includes almond tuiles, oatmeal chip chews, hazelnut gingerbread stars and chocolate-almond hearts.

Doughnuts at The Brooklyn Kitchen

Things to do
Classes and workshops
Williamsburg

Cake or yeasted? That's the big debate in the doughnut world. Luckily, you'll make both crumbly, dense cake doughnuts and light, fluffy yeasted doughnuts in this hands-on workshop at the Brooklyn Kitchen. Once you've sampled the handmade variety, you can decide once and for all which kind you prefer. The Brooklyn Kitchen doubles as a cooking supply store, so it's also an ideal place to pick up any pans or utensils you might be missing.

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